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Step 3: Auto-Cleaner - Custom Items

In this step, define custom items (files and patterns) to be cleaned up when ZDelete Auto-Cleaner is engaged.

Below is a figure showing the screen for Custom Items:

Figure 2-3 Auto-Cleaner - Custom Items

Adding a Custom Item

Custom Item command behaves similar to the Microsoft standard delete (del) command in Windows. For example, using the pattern C:\MY FOLDER\*.tmp, the following will happen:

• All files with the extension TMP will be withdrawn from the folder C:\MY FOLDER (e.g. myfile.tmp is removed).

• All subfolders with a matching suffix are ZDeleted, along with their contents whether or not the content files have the matching suffix (e.g.mysubfolder.tmp is removed).

• If there are subfolders in C:\MY FOLDER, and the folder name does not have the TMP suffix, contents will NOT be processed at all (e.g. mysubfolder is not touched).

The table below contains some examples:

Table 2-5 Example Custom Item Patterns

To add a custom item for Auto-Cleaner, follow these steps:

1. Click Browse... and navigate to a folder using the standard Microsoft browse dialog box.
2. Click on the folder. In the Select Item field, the path for the selected folder will be displayed, for example:
   

   C:\MY FOLDER\*.tmp

3. Change the item manually, if needed. For example, to change the pattern to remove only those files ending in ZIP:
   

   C:\MY FOLDER\*.zip

4. Click Add. The pattern as edited appears in the Custom Items list box.

Editing a Custom Item

To edit a custom item for Auto-Cleaner, follow these steps:

Note: To add a unique pattern or file type, select the file or folder first, and then add or change symbols for the unique pattern (using asterisk(*) or question mark(?)).

1. Click on the item in the list box. It appears in the Select Item box above.
2. Change the item manually and click Add. The newly-changed item appears in the list box under the previous item.

Figure 2-4 Newly-Changed Item Appears Below

Selecting Several Items

1. Double-click item in the list box, and standard Microsoft File Open dialog box appears showing the selected folder and all contents.
   
   
2. Select one or several files to be added to the list box. Click Open. All selected files appear in the Custom Items list box as pictured below.

Figure 2-5 Files Added to List Box

Removing Items From the List Box

To remove any item from the list box, follow these steps:

1. Select an item or several items. Standard Microsoft selection rules apply. For example to choose a series of items consecutively, click the top item, press [Shift] on the keyboard and click the bottom item. To choose several items individually, press [Ctrl] on the keyboard and click each item.
   
   
2. Once all items have been selected, click Remove to withdraw selected items from the list box.

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